[R] Running Scripting on Linux Machine

[Gavin Simpson]

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 09:31 +0100, Bronagh Grimes wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>  
> 
> I am new to using R on a Linux machine & I have a few questions on
> set-up.  If anyone has experience in this area any advice would be
> greatly appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> -          When I open R I have the option to do the following:
> 
> o   'Run in Terminal'
> 
> o   'Display'
> 
> o   'Cancel'
> 
> o   'Run'
> 
>  
> 
> -          My only option to open a window such as we find in the
> Windows version is to choose 'Run in Terminal'.
> 
>  
> 
> -          I really want to run a script where I can run sections of the
> code each time.
> 
>  
> 
> -          As we know in Windows we have the option to 'Open New Script'
> & from here can choose 'Run line or Selection'
> 
>  
> 
> -          In this version I can indeed save a script & open with
> 'Emacs', 'KWrite' OR 'Kate'.
> 
>  
> 
> -          But the only way I can run this script is to call the whole
> script using the source() function.

Not so in Emacs with ESS installed. You can run lines, regions,
paragraphs etc. in an R instance within emacs itself. See the ess
website for further details:

http://ess.r-project.org

I don't know about the other K* applications...

G

> 
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> -          Does anyone know how I can implement a script that I can run
> as in the Windows version, whereby I can run one line at a time if I
> wish for testing purposes?
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>  
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> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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>  
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> Many thanks in advance,
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